Bevans, Margaret RN, PhD, AOCN; Castro, Kathleen RN, MSN, AOCN; Prince, Patricia M.Ed., LICSW; Shelburne, Nonniekaye CRNP, MS, AOCN; Prachenko, Olena MA; Loscalzo, Matthew MSW; Soeken, Karen PhD; Zabora, James ScD
Authors' Affiliations: National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland (Dr Bevans, Mss Castro, Prince, Shelburne, and Prachenko); City of Hope, Duarte, California (Mr Loscalzo); and National Catholic School of Social Service, Washington, DC (Dr Zabora).
Dr Soeken, Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore.
This study was funded by the Intramural Research Program of the National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center.
Corresponding author: Margaret Bevans, RN, PhD, AOCN, 5061 Durham Rd W, Columbia, MD 21044 ([email protected]).
Accepted for publication August 27, 2009.
doi: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e3181be5e6d